Reconciling pesticide reduction with economic and environmental sustainability in arable farming

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2014, Pages

  Lechenet, Martin ^a   Bretagnolle, Vincent ^b   Bockstaller, Christian ^c,d   Boissinot, François ^e   Petit, Marie Sophie ^e   Petit, Sandrine ^a   Munier Jolain, Nicolas M ^a  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

^e Chambre d'Agriculture des Pays de la Loire ^*  (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PESTICIDE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROP PRODUCTION; CROP ROTATION; CULTIVAR; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY; FARMING SYSTEM; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; FRANCE; ORGANIC FARMING; PEST MANAGEMENT; PESTICIDE SPRAYING; PRODUCTIVITY; PROFIT; SOCIAL ASPECT; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TILLAGE; WORKLOAD; AGRICULTURE; CROP; ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PROCEDURES;

AGRICULTURE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; ENVIRONMENT; PESTICIDES;

EID: 84902310632     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0097922     Document Type: Article

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